Airplay Sending TCP Packet External Address

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Airplay Sending TCP Packet External Address

Hi,

My iMac 5K - Late 2014 running El Capitan is using AirPlay to send packet to an address in China. (116.129.1.107 -- Port 7000). It does not look normal.

tcp4 0 0 192.168.0.24.55465 116.129.1.107.7000 SYN_SENT

AirPlayXP 29606 root 10u IPv4 0x7fc09dc104d9745b 0t0 TCP 192.168.0.24:55465->116.129.1.107:7000 (SYN_SENT)

It is using the command AirPlayXPCHelper. I am trying to kill the process, but it starts immediately.

Thanks,

GeGar

Posted on Apr 17, 2016 8:36 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Apr 17, 2016 8:57 PM in response to gegar

That would happen if you were streaming something to an AirPlay receiver from iTunes, or from some third-party application.

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gegar Author

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Apr 19, 2016 4:52 AM in response to Linc Davis

The iMac is not connected to any other device except the external router. I erase the hard drive and reinstalled El Capitan and it is still trying to connect to the same 116.129.1.107 server using port 7000.

I am blocking out with a software firewall, but I still think it is not normal.

block out on en0: 192.168.0.5.51092 > 116.129.1.107.7000: Flags [S], seq 1985751725, win 65535, options [mss 1460,nop,wscale 5,nop,nop,TS val 83748774 ecr 0,sackOK,eol], length 0

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